Yes, notwithstanding your effort to make the word a critical political issue that can be commonly identified, it remains otherwise. Think of its usage by any politician as no more descriptive than the word, "better".
Perhaps more helpful to underscore the vagueness of the word in this setting, the Congressional Research Service has recently pointed out there is no official government statistic called “affordability,”
You’re caught up in semantics and said nothing to refute my point that “cost of living”, “inflation”, “price increases relative to income”, “ability for middle and working class people to make ends meet” or whatever verbiage to describe the concept was a hugely important issue for Candidate Trump and was a large part of why he won the swing states and popular vote.
The Trump 2024 coalition is a mess now because so many voters see their concerns cast aside for other priorities, and there aren’t enough Fox News-watching boomers and neocons/Israel Firsters who love their Middle East wars to make up for it.
They aren’t going to vote for the Bolsheviks, they just won’t vote at all, because, why bother? Can’t make ends meet, more war, swamp not drained, they’re all bums...
But that will by default allow the Communists to take control and it’s going to be a disaster.